needy make pikhana glasses, vladislav mirzayan together lugansk people's republic the us federal aviation administrationuspended the operation of three airports and closed the airspace in the territory where the chinese umbrella flies. this is according to the abc television channel, several areas of the states of north and south carolina meanwhile joe biden commented on the situation for the first time with a balloon that has been quietly flying over the country for several days now. mr. president you will knock down the step we will take care of it. that's the whole comment, meanwhile, the british daily mail newspaper claims the american military, allegedly on biden's orders, will try to shoot down the chinese umbrella when it is out of the atlantic. the united states does not want to completely destroy the balloon, because the special services hope to study it later, like a balloon scared nuclear power with the largest defense budget. natalya goncharova the whole world is watching the events in the state of montana, like a popular series starring a giant scarf, all social networks circled these frame

us. the federal aviation administration paused all arrivals and departures at three u.s.irports in the carolinas. under an abundance of caution. it turns out president biden ordered the shoot down on wednesday. why did it take until today to carry out those orders? here is how president biden explained it a short time ago. >> on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on what they are soon as possible. it to not do damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was when it was over the water. and then our -- successfully took it down. >> secretary understands rolled austin today parading president biden decision to shoot down the line. calling china's move, a, quote, unacceptable violation of our national sovereignty, secretary of state anthony blinken has canceled an official visit to beijing. designed to defuse rising tensions between china and the united states. that cancellation happening almost immediately after the balloon was discovered on wednesday. starting us off tonight from our washingto

today we have bay area congressmen joining us days after sending a letter to the federal aviation administration demanding an explanation after the recent near disaster or several, if you will, involving commercial planes. also u.s. cities banning the rainbow flag with an orange county city becoming the latest to remove the classic symbol of lgbtq pride. we will talk our media partner "the san francisco standard" reporter -- we will talk with a reporter from ogre media partner, "the san francisco standard -- from our media partner. first, it is so seeing snow piling up in the bay area. we are not just talking about the highest peaks like mount diablo, hamilton, for tim, some snow has fallen in lower elevations or hills and we are about to get a whole lot more. let's get the latest on this wintry blast. sandhya: snow low as 500 feet. those are reports coming to the national weather service. notice we do have showers showing up. they are very scattered in nature, and it is a combination, not just rain showers, we are talking snow showers as well. from mount hamilton to the santa cruz mountains, le

us northeast. ah, ah, hello and welcome to the program. now the united states has shut down 3 airports because of what the federal aviation administration is saying is a national security efforts. it comes as what suspected to be a chinese surveillance balloon has been flying across the country. us president joe biden says the united states is quote, going to take care of the balloon, which has been spotted above the north carolina. it was responding to a question on whether it be shut down, which is what the republicans are calling full bent again says a 2nd chinese fire balloon has been seen flank flying over costa rica. china says the craft is a civilian weather balloon that was blown off course on. now let's get more of this from mike kenner and washington. first of all, what do we know about the temporary closure of these 3 airports which fall across the carolina coastline? well this is in terms of a directive issued from the essay which says that the ports in south carolina and north carolina all operations at charleston, myrtle beach. and the wilmington airports have been suspended ground operations. and the sky above has been clear

in the last hour, the federal aviation administration stopped flights at three airports. earlier presidentjoe biden says the us was "going to take care of" the suspected surveillance balloon. that is the east coast of the state, a few hours ago, they cleared that airport, grounded the planes, nothing coming in and nothing coming out. and the reason we now know was because they had a planned operation that balloon. let's remind you what this balloon looked like what we have been tracking for a few days. the white balloon... that's been... and then came down across the us. there have been attempts to shoot it down, not done because of the risk of falling debris. also, this seems to not be a huge security risk to the us, given what the balloon was and the fact that chinese satellites could get information just as well is this balloon. decision was taken to wait till it got over to the sea, where the risk to people was much less. they shut the air space and we now know they have just shut it down, according to a reuters photographer at the scene. joining me now is our north america correspondent, david willis. hi,

the federal aviation administration says the money is going to be used to expand terminal capacity, help in and out of the airports, we need that, improve baggage handling, increase energy efficiency and accessibility for americans with disabilities. these upgrades cannot come fast enough. in just the last week, united airlines, air canada can, frontier airlines and regional carrier avelo announced dozens of new flights that they're adding. but while those airlines are increasing routes, others are eliminating entirely flights to smaller cities. connell mcshane's in a fox business newsroom in what i can only imagine is, i guess, the impact ahead of what may really be just a crying up -- drying up of air travel this these cities. >> reporter: it's a big economic story. just for example, recently american airlines pulled out off dubuque, iowa, del rio, texas, and columbus, georgia. and is we spoke to local officials from all three of those areas. if you just take a look at del rio, so close to the border with mexico, it's nearly 3 hours by car to the nearest airport in san antonio. then th

would take us move now or he'll, i think what really was the factor here that, that caused the white house perhaps to take a decision was the fact that the u. s. federal aviation administration had to temporarily block flights within a 100 square miles of the atlantic ocean around the south carolina coast because this balloon had gotten in the way. and one thing we heard from the pentagon yesterday is at the moment that the pentagon had been monitoring the balloons movement from thursday and friday, they didn't deem it to be a, a military or physical risk. it appears that at the point that airports had to be closed down because of this, a path of the balloon that, that is when the white house and the pentagon likely decided to move forward with the shooting this balloon down and has the closing all of this airport cause any disruption to passengers? well we're seeing it so far that there were some disruptions. again, those were 3 airports that were closed down the f. a hasn't released much more information about those airports, but of course some disruption was caused. and again, that is one of the reasons it appears that the white house, that the u. s. officials here decide

in the last hour, the federal aviation administration stopped flights at three airports. earlier presidentjoe biden says the us

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coastline now have flights back running normally this after the us shot down that balloon, the chinese balloon forced the federal aviation administration to temporarily closed the airspace. that move delayed or rebounded flights for many travelers. one woman on a flight from dallas to wilmington's north carolina spoke out about the situation from her plane. clear, happy to have landed in wellington, north carolina. we're a little bit delayed. we certainly understand that. i couldn't fly and restricted airspace. one of the stranger reasons i've ever had a flight to land, but we're just glad to be here and on our way. that temporary shutdown of airspace impacted flights in and out of wilmington's myrtle beach and charleston. this was the aftermath when oakland firefighters responded to a two alarm fire at a restaurant along the embarcadero last night from our roof camera, you could see flames coming out of the roof at eve's waterfront. it's our next door neighbor here at jack london square crusade. the fire broke out just after 7 30 at night. the restaurant also sits next to a large apartment complex. who says it appears the fire started

that was after both were clear to use the same runway at austin international airport earlier this month. the acting head of the federal aviation administrationdefended the safety of u. s air travel. we've gone 15 years 14 years. i'm sorry without a fatal accident. that's nearly 230 million flights. we've seen several very concerning near misses that were almost mass fatality crashes. senators also questioned billy nolan about the failure last month of the technology system that provides safety alerts to pilots. departing flights across the country were grounded for the first time since 9 11 1 said the system failed when contractors accidentally deleted files during an update at new new air services coming to san jose mineta airport mayor matt mehan was at the airport this morning for the announcement. for the first time spirit airlines will launch nonstop service from sjc airline daily flights to las vegas, dallas and san diego with the goal of adding more destinations in the future. we're excited that there will be able to get a really good start here, get understanding of what what child was looking for, and then from there, you know, we h

us going. thank you, guys. >>> all right. we are tracking acting administrator -- there is not someone leading the federal aviation administrationilly nolan announced a sweeping safety review after a string of scary incidents. and a commercial flight and a fedex cargo claim came as close as 100 feet in austin, texas, a few days ago. a pilot gets credit for averting disaster there. that delta flight was forced to abort takeoff when an american airlines jet crossed a runway in new york. they are investigating that. last month the faa was forced to cause that ground stop halting all departures across the nation because of the computer outage. that was the first since 9/11. the faa's review will identify other similar incidents. president biden's permanent pick to lead the agency has been stalled in congress. >> when you look at that animation, that is frighteningly close. >> i don't want to be on that plane. >>> concerns about toxic contamination growing in ohio after a fiery train wreck earlier this month. some are complaining about headaches and feeling sick. more than 3,500 fish have died. ohio governor mike dewine, we will ask

because of what the federal aviation administration says is a national security effort comes as what suspected to be a chinese surveillance balloon has been flying through u. s. s. base us president joe biden says the us is quote, going to take care of the balloon, which has been spotted over north carolina. china says the crossed is a civilian weather balloon that was blown off course. mike, hannah has moved from washington. there are reports coming out that administration . officials say that the balloon could be shut down once it hits the atlantic once it crosses the coast and is over the ocean. the supposition now is that the balloon will be shut down at that particular point. previously, military leaders had advised against bringing down the balloon because of the threat to civilian life on the ground. that was the concern of military leaders. protests have been taking place against israel's coalition government for the 5th successive saturday. large crowds gathered intel of even west jerusalem, although the protest was smaller compared to previous week's coalition of benjamin netanyahu is in the most right is the most right wing in israel's history as widespread a

us that you're really that close to being separated from your loved ones whether it be them or you, and so to be able to recognize how precious things really are on in life. >> so the federal aviation administration conducted an investigation after united airlines voluntarily reported this incident. the agency hasot share thesult. united condu investigation and decided to provide additional training to the pilots involved. the national transportation safety board elected not to look into the incident because it doesn't fit into the category of incidents the agency is required to investigate, ryan? >> just frightening. >> gosh, i can't even imagine. you're there, and those 21 seconds probably felt like two hours. >> terrifying. >> unbelievable. >> thank you, anne. >>> let's take a live look outside where a lot of cold air is blowing our way, and we could see a little bit more rain. >> first alert meteorologist paul heggen is tracking what we can expect and where. >> going to get breezy, the cameras have been shaking around already, and we have a wind advisory in effect along the coast tomorrow morning. let's take a look at what things look like right now as we look from black mountain towards the

announce, this is a big deal, the federal aviation administration granted initial approval to allow one of our private sector partners to fly a drone beyond line of sight using a first of its kind air traffic control network, or us operators. this is a critical step that validates our state's investment in years of work to bring those aircraft to commercial sectors in a safe and economic way. [applause] >> there's a saying in technology, now we are going to see that. other states are reaching out to us as a leader in this technology, to build on this momentum, our budget proposals $30 million investment advances, 7 million for business and aviation park, let's keep that going and we will see real benefits for our state and nation. just as we compete with other states and business sectors like agate, energy and tourism, our communities with other cities across the country, the workforce. to make our communities more attractive we propose our energize community plan to help cities attract new residents and retain our youth and workforce. these include $40 million to support more affordable available housing and promote developments in bladed and rural areas. w

it is -- the actg head of the federal aviation administration said the agency is working to prevent a repeat of a major systems failure. the so-called "no-tam" system -- used to communicate with pilots -- went down last month and briefly grounded thousands of flights. at a senate hearing today, republicans and democrats alike pressed billy nolen about ensuring that can't happen again. sen. cruz: is there redundancy being built into it or can a single screw up ground air traffic nation wide? >> could i sit here today and tell you there will never be another issue on the notam system? no, sir, i cannot. what i can say is that we are making every effort to modernize and look at our procedures. sen. klobuchar: what do you see as some of the biggest challenges in strengthening the resiliencey and reliablility of the system right now? >> our system is very safe, at the same time, we don't take that safety for granted and we recognize we have to continue this journey of modernization. geoff: man senators also expressed concerns that the faa has not had a permanent administrator for nearly a year. world bank president david malpass announced today he will step dow

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this is a very big deal, the federal aviation administration granted initial approval to allow one of our private sector partners to fly a drone, beyond visual line of sight, using vantis, our first of its kind air traffic control network for uas operations. this approval is a critical step that elevates the states investment and years of work to bring drones to commercial sectors in a safe and economic. waco ahead in here for that! [applause] there is a saying in technology that benefits the -- off the leader. and now, we're going to see. that other states are reaching out to us as a leader in this technology. to build on this momentum, our budget proposes a 30 million dollar investment in vantis, 7 million for the grand sky uas business and aviation park in grand forks. let's keep that going and we'll see real benefits for our state and nation. just as we compete with other states in business sectors like ag, energy, and tourism, our communities must also compete with other cities across the country for workforce. to help make our state communities even more attractive places to live, we've proposed our energize our communities plan to help cities attract new

federal aviation administration has closed and quickly reopen the aerospace above lake michigan. meanwhile, the canadian prime minister justin trudeau says, teams are looking for the an identified cylindrical objects. a us fighter jet shot on saturday earlier, another flying object was shot down over the u. s. date of alaska. and a chinese balloon was down off the coast of north carolina for bringing in rosalind jordan. she's joining us from washington dc. so what is going on here, rosalind? and what is the latest airspace was closed? been opened again? well, the reopening of the air space over the northern half of lake michigan, which covers the area just north of green bay, wisconsin, which in itself is about a 3 hour drive north of the city of chicago. that's only being reported by reuters . there are still other reports indicating that this air space still has been closed and that this is a national security zone. until further notice. this is a determination that was made in the past hour by the federal aviation administration, which governs our air traffic across the united states. now, we don't know exactly what's going on. there are some unconfirmed reports that there are 2 military of planes in

using the balloon for spying, but that it did not pose any military or physical threat to the country by jenkins as the boon was just monitoring the weather and it had blown off course. the federal aviation administration shut down 3 airports for 2 hours before the balloon was shot down. military vessels are now working to clear the debris which is scattered over 11 kilometers of ocean. the incident prompted secretary of state anthony blanking to postpone his visit to china. while the balloon was 1st spotted in fairbanks, alaska, on monday then on wednesday, was senior missoula, montana. a state that's home to an air force base where nuclear tip missiles a kept the chinese balloon, then floated over kansas city, missouri on friday by saturday morning. it was sighted of the skies of memphis, tennessee. it was finally shot down by us fight, a jazz off the coast of south carolina later on saturday. columbia's military now says that it seen a similar object over its territory. let's get more now from our pentagon correspondent party calhane in washington, and there was lots of criticism patty of president biden, for the way in which he handled this is actor. is that dying down our no, it is not dying down.

us military, i just to recap on our top story, this al u. s. military is down to a chinese balloon of the carolina coast. it's been described as a surveillance craft. the federal aviation administration pause arrivals and departures at 3 different airports because of what it said was a national security effort. that was pretty much all the that was the extent of information that we were given before this was down and we don't actually know how this took place, whether it was shot down or that, but it was brought, the balloon was brought down by some other means but we knew that some sort of action against the balloon was eminent because u. s. president joe biden had earlier said that the us is going to take care of it . and he had been facing a fair bit of pressure from republicans. there was a furious, a political reaction in the country when this took place. with that republican saying that by demonstration should have acted much more quickly to shoot down these valence balloon. but the biden administration had said that, that sir, that they've been advised by pentagon officials, that there was a risk of harm to civilians from falling debris. and that is now the priority now to be

that was after both were cleared to use the same runway at aston international airport earlier this month, the acting head of the federal aviation administrationy of u. s air travel. we've gone 15 years 14 years. i'm sorry without a fatal accident. that's nearly 230 million flights. we've seen several very concerning near misses that were almost mass fatality crashes. never be another senators also questioned nolan about the failure last month of the technology system. that provides safety alerts to pilots all department all departing flights across the country were grounded for the first time since 9 11. nolan said the system failed when contractors accidentally deleted files during an update our time now 5 58. there's an effort now to get a pay raise for some members of juries serving on criminal cases. francisco state assembly member phil ting announced a bill along with san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins and public defender manu around that the bill would increase the pay of jury members and criminal cases from $15 to $100 a day for low to moderate income jury members taking said that will make sure all californians have access